Kabakra celata, Cao, Yanghui, Huang, Min & Zhang, Yalin, 2012

Cao, Yanghui, Huang, Min & Zhang, Yalin, 2012, Taxonomic study of the Oriental leafhopper genus Kabakra Dworakowska (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Erythroneurini), with description of three new species and one new record, Zootaxa 3434, pp. 59-68 : 65-66

6. Kabakra celata sp. nov.

( Figs 22–26 , 72–83 )

Description. Specimens were preserved in alcohol and have lost their natural coloration after drying. Vertex testaceous, coronal suture hardly visible, two semicircular patches in anterior part reddish-brown ( Figs 22, 24 ); stripes along inner side of eyes from vertex to face and forklike patch at tip of face orange, two pairs of small roundish patches along lateral frontal sutures brownish, frontoclypeus with central part testaceous, two sides and lower part darker, anteclypeus light brown, two sides slightly lighter ( Figs 23–25 ). Pronotum testaceous-yellow, with brownish patches as in Fig. 24 , central part and two triangular areas along hind margin grey. Mesonotum ochre-yellow, basal triangles brown basally and somewhat reddish apically, transverse stripe between basal triangles along anterior margin of scutum reddish-brown, covered by short brownish vertical patch along midline; tip of scutellum black ( Figs 22, 24 ). Forewing with basal half reddish and apical half greyish-black, sides of brochosome field sordid yellow, grey patch at base of clavus much bigger than in other species ( Fig. 26 ).

Basal abdominal apodemes extended to fourth sternite ( Fig. 72 ).

Pygofer side as in K. aviformis sp. nov., but slightly shorter and hind margin much more rounded; pygofer dorsal appendage lamellate, curved ventrally, apex serrated ( Figs 73–76 ). Subgenital plate broadened subbasally, narrowing apically, apex acute, without distinct constriction medially, provided with several big stout microsetae at subbasal protrusion, macrosetae shifted basally compared with the type species ( Fig. 78 ). Style apical part resembling that of K. pompela , preapical lobe shorter but broader than that of K. aviformis sp. nov. ( Fig. 79 ). Connective with ventral sclerite semimembranous, pair of small sclerites extended from connection of stem with two arms ( Figs 80, 81 ). Aedeagus broadened in side view, compressed laterally, caudal margin with two pairs of lamellate extensions, one pair situated at apical half and another at basal half; gonopore medial, ventral, covered by extensions in side view ( Figs 82, 83 ).

Measurement. Male length 2.1–2.2 mm.

Material examined. Holotype: 3, THAILAND, Chaiyaphum, Tat Tone NP Entrance/Pha Eang waterfall, 15°57.52'N, 101°54.44'E, Malaise trap, 19–26-iv-2007, coll. "Tawit Jaruphan. Paratypes: 13, THAILAND, Loei, Phu Kradueng NP Mixed decid/S Na Noy office, 16°49.01'N, 101°47.62'E, 276m, Malaise trap, 21–28-v-2008, coll. Thonghuay Phatai; 13, THAILAND, Loei, Phu Kradueng NP Mixed decid/N Na Noy office, 16°48.17'N, 101°47.67'E, 276m, Malaise trap, 28-v–3-vi-2008, coll. Thonghuay Phatai.

Deposition. Holotype is deposited in Queen Sirikit Botanical Garden, Chiang Mai, Thailand; paratypes in Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign, USA.

Diagnosis. Similar to K. aviformis sp. nov., but with different shape of pygofer dorsal appendage, subgenital plate and aedeagus, aedeagus without processes, gonopore medial.

Etymology. This new species epithet is derived from Latin word “celatus” which refers to the hidden gonopore.

Figures

FIGURES 12 – 26. 12 – 21, Kabakra aviformis sp. nov., 12 – 17, specimen from China, 18 – 21, specimen from Thailand; 22 – 26, Kabakra celata sp. nov.; 12, 18, 22, dorsal view; 13, 19, 23, lateral view; 14, 20, 24, anterior dorsum (crown, pronotum and mesonotum); 15, 21, 25, face; 16, 26, forewing; 17, hind wing.

FIGURES 72 – 83. Kabakra celata sp. nov. 72, abdominal apodemes; 73, genital capsule; 74, pygofer side; 75, pygofer dorsal appendage; 76, apical part of pygofer dorsal appendage, caudal view; 77, subgenital plate, style and connective; 78, subgenital plate, dorsal view; 79, style, dorsal view; 80 – 81, connective; 82, aedeagus, lateral view; 83, aedeagus, caudal view.